Nero Award

Given by The Wolfe Pack

83 Works 59,476 Books 2,257 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Nero Award is a literary award for excellence in the mystery genre presented by The Wolfe Pack, a society founded in 1978 to explore and celebrate the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout.
Stages:
All, Winner (42), Finalist (41)
Years:
All, 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (5), 2017 (4), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (4), 2012 (6), 2011 (5), 2010 (3), 2009 (3), 2008 (5), 2007 (3), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1)
Announced:
December 2023: Winner2023 Recent

Winner 42

WorkYear
The Day He Left by Frederick Weisel2023
Tower of Babel by Michael Sears2022
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood2021
One Good Deed by David Baldacci2020
Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosley2019
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones2018
With Six You Get Wally (A John Bekker Mystery) by Al Lamanda2017
Night Life by David C. Taylor2016
Peter Pan Must Die by John Verdon2015
Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell2014
Dead Anyway by Chris Knopf2013
Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow2012
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny2011
Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks2010
The Tenth Case by Joseph Teller2009
Anatomy of Fear: A Novel of Visual Suspense by Jonathan Santlofer2008
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming2007
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen2006
The Enemy by Lee Child2005
Fear Itself by Walter Mosley2004
Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan2003
The Dead House by Linda Fairstein2002
The Sugar House by Laura Lippman2001
Coyote Revenge by Fred R. Harris2000
The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver1999
Sacred by Dennis Lehane1998
The Poet by Michael Connelly1997
A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King1996
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb1995
Old Scores by Aaron Elkins1994
Booked to Die by John Dunning1993
A Scandal in Belgravia by Robert Barnard1992
Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman1991
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod1987
Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough1986
Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte1985
Emily Dickinson Is Dead by Jane Langton1984
The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes1983
Past, Present & Murder by Hugh Pentecost1982
Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross1981
Burn This by Helen McCloy1980
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block1979

Finalist 41

WorkYear
Blood for Wine by Warren C Easley2018
The Lioness Is the Hunter by Loren D. Estleman2018
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman2018
The Dime by Kathleen Kent2018
Surrender, New York: A Novel by Caleb Carr2017
Home by Harlan Coben2017
Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon2017
Hard Latitudes (2015) by Baron R. Birtcher2016
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton2016
This side of midnight : a John Bekker mystery by Al Lamanda2016
Crazy Mountain Kiss by Keith McCafferty2016
The Detective & The Pipe Girl: A Mystery by Michael Craven2015
Herbie's Game (A Junior Bender Mystery) by Timothy Hallinan2015
The Detective by James Patrick Hunt2015
First Light (A John Bekker Mystery) by Al Lamanda2015
Ask Not by Max Allan Collins2014
Three Can Keep a Secret by Archer Mayor2014
A Study in Revenge: A Novel by Kieran Shields2014
A Question of Honor by Charles Todd2014
Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allan2013
Burning Midnight by Loren D. Estleman2013
The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields2013
Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark2012
The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen2012
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz2012
Spiral by Paul McEuen2012
Black Orchid Blues by Persia Walker2012
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen2011
The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds2011
The Midnight Show Murders by Al Roker2011
Think of a Number by John Verdon2011
The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch2010
The Crack in the Lens by Steve Hockensmith2010
The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross2009
The Fault Tree by Louise Ure2009
Glass Houses by Jane Haddam2008
The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman2008
In this Rain by S. J. Rozan2008
In Secret Service [Debut] by Mitch Silver2008
Kidnapped by Jan Burke2007
A Stolen Season by Steve Hamilton2007

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